Colombia Transformed: New Exhibit at Meyerson Hall	Print Issue
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Medellín Sports Coliseum by Giancarlo Mazzanti and Felipe Mesa coming to Meyerson Hall exhibit. Photo: Gomez.

Colombia Transformed, a new exhibit, will open on February 5 in Meyerson Hall’s Upper Gallery with remarks at 6:30 p.m. from co-curator Fernando Villa, associate principal with New York City-based Magnusson Architecture & Planning and Orlando Garcia, architect of the Medellin Library in Colombia.

Colombia Transformed traces significant new projects that exemplify innovative architectural forms and spaces while serving as conduits for social inclusion. The curators have selected the collection of work to illustrate the current creative building energy in Colombia and celebrate the economic, political and challenging conditions that have made these explorations possible. The 11 recently completed projects by six of Colombia’s top architects not only demonstrate the country’s commitment to design, but also how architecture can improve the lives of ordinary people. The projects are explored through photographs, slides, drawings, models and film footage to celebrate how these buildings are appropriated by the public.

The exhibit will run through February 17 with closing remarks at 6:30 p.m. from Vladimir Belogolovsky, founder of the New York City-based Intercontinental Curatorial Project.